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Mr. Charps

@mrcharps.bsky.social

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Teacher. Writer. Coach. Most important: husband and father. "The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." - James Baldwin

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Nov 20

I kind of like this @blueskyplace.bsky.social place—and taking my time building (almost) from scratch, but from a place of wisdom and experience. I’ll follow back likeminded people if you’re interested…and ok if not! (Scenes from my afternoon #walk )

#poetry #teaching #writer #writing

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Sep 30

Check out my poem in the new issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social

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#poetry #poets #writer #booksky

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · Sep 4

New #flashfiction up at Bright Flash Literary today! Thank you Kristen for giving this one a home.

The Body

By Keith J. Powell Flies zipped around the house like a sour mood. Always there and gone like a suspicion that couldn’t quite be squashed. “There’s something dead in this house,” he said. “It’s yo…

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Sep 4

Honored to have my short story appear at Bright Flash Literary Review with such an amazing collection of writers! (🚨Trigger Warnings — a bit darker than my usual stuff!) Read them all!

#shortstory #fiction #shortfiction #flashfiction #writers

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please have a look and listen to my poem, a tribute to #AndreaGibson at One Poem Only. No better person to read it than Maggie Devers. #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #literature #booksky rembrandtscure.substack.com/p/the-bleedi...

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Aug 17

#booksky #poetry #poets #writing #writers

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jul 21

Once a summer, I’ll take on some tortured poet’s vision of the underworld—this summer, Rimbaud’s ‘A Season in Hell.” His bio is bananas (poetry, too), and it’s no surprise he and Whitman acted as muses for Ginsberg’s ‘Howl.’ And he did it all when he was a teenager 😳 #poetry #reading #booksky #poet

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jul 20

#Writing this morning.

#creativity #morning #BookSky

(Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jul 13

Wow. Quite the ride. Lots of thinking to do…But even with unanswered questions that remain (some about plot, some about intent, etc)…the impact of this book is real. I taught ‘Huck’ for years (not recently), and this made that novel better. #literature #americanliterature #englishteachers #booksky

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out my two new poems in the Spring Issue of the Prague-based B O D Y literary journal! Thanks to the staff at @b_o_d_y_l_i_t — it’s an absolute honor to see my work in the company of such amazing writers! #poetry #literature #literaryjournals

www.bodyliterature.com/2025/07/02/d...

B O D Y | Two new poems by Dean Charpentier

Dean Charpentier is a writer and teacher living in North Andover, MA, where he was a recent winner of the Anne Bradstreet Poetry Contest.

www.bodyliterature.com

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jun 28

Why did I wait so long to read this? Why am I reading it in a bad generic British accent? Why is it so good? #Ishiguro #KazuoIshiguro #literature #reading #Booksky #books

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jun 25

Knew nothing of this book beyond the back cover. Wow. Quintessential #Gothic #literature — Brushing off my HS French for some of the dialogue (Google Translate when I’m stumped). #morningcoffee #Booksky

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Jun 6

Stole a few moments this morning even with approaching thunderstorms… #poetry #morningcoffee #morning

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Apr 16

That would, of course, be #WaltWhitman 🤦‍♂️

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Apr 16

Can’t complain about yesterday. Reviewing the reading before students come in. #MichaelCunningham #WaltWhifman #literature #teaching

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Apr 4

Most recent addition to the AmLit Big Board. #literature #beatgeneration #englishteaching #englishteacher #poetry #beatpoetry #ontheroad #howl #allenginsberg #kerouac #dianediprima #dharmabums @citylightsbooks.bsky.social #booksky

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Mar 29

Interesting! I teach a course on dystopian/post apocalyptic lit. Haven’t read this one.

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Mar 29

lol. Chesil Beach also excellent. Very much not the same story.

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Mar 25

Happy #tolkienreadingday to all who celebrate. Going off the beaten path this year in our quiet hotel room #tolkien #JRRT #roverandom #hobbit #LOTR #booksky

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Mar 23

Returning to this classic after some time. First read it in college (This one I purchased in 1992 to teach in my own class). Purposeful, meditative character study, nuanced take on human nature during apocalypse, original for the era it was written in. Highly recommend. #Booksky #literature #dys

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Todo bueno @wordsmith12.bsky.social · Mar 16

14/31

The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen

Blue background with yellow script for the title of Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon.”

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Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Mar 11

Misty morning walk…”The entrance to the path was like a sort of arch leading into a gloomy tunnel made by two great trees that leant together, too old and strangled with ivy and hung with lichen to bear more than a few blackened leaves.” — JRR Tolkien #tolkien #JRRT #LOTR #walk

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Feb 5

On this #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday I want to highlight these two amazing athletes and coaches, and salute all the amazing women who have played with and for them, who have mentored and been mentored by them, and who continue to change the world and make it a better place for all of us.

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Feb 5

From my morning commute. #morning #sunrise

Mr. Charps @mrcharps.bsky.social · Feb 2

Cold morning walk. #sunrise #walk #winter